My sharpening shop
Sept 1, 2009 21:58:39 GMT
Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2009 21:58:39 GMT
SS is perfectly fine for knives. I've got a ton of stainless steel knives in my personal possession and a bunch of them in inventory as well. They keep a good edge and are easy to care for. As Hotspur stated you can even make a functional sword out of SS but its not my forte so I won't comment much more on that.
In regards to the knives shown by the OP the knives he has are not rendered useless just because they're Kit Rae designs or Gil Hibben designs and made with SS blades. My favorite throwing knives are Hibben throwers made entirely of 440 SS and I have yet to break one at all despite how hard I throw or how badly I botch a throw. I've nicked one but that was due to hitting another knife with it.
I love Hibben's knives - they look great and are quite useful for doing things knives should do. I've always liked the look of Kit Rae's designs but never actually bought one. Having handled Hibben's production knives personally and a few of his customs I can say that while there is a distinct quality difference I would be hard pressed to write off the production knives as purely wall hangers. Now these particular knives are not to my liking in a knife liking things with more of a purpose in the overall design rather than just looking cool (I prefer Hibben's more utilitarian designs if we're talking about his knives).
Most of these knives are not capable of being disassembled without damaging the knife or fittings. For the suggestion to disassemble the samurai 3000 tanto - can't be done without damaging the tang. I have one (the sword though not the tanto) and I can say that it (the sword) is just an SLO but the tanto I would wager could be a usable knife if one managed to get over the aesthetics (or lack thereof lol).
So in short, while I think the knives are ugly (no offense) I don't believe they're worthless as knives so long as you use them to do what knives are supposed to do. In fact I think at least one of them would do those things quite well if a serviceable edge were put on it.
In regards to the knives shown by the OP the knives he has are not rendered useless just because they're Kit Rae designs or Gil Hibben designs and made with SS blades. My favorite throwing knives are Hibben throwers made entirely of 440 SS and I have yet to break one at all despite how hard I throw or how badly I botch a throw. I've nicked one but that was due to hitting another knife with it.
I love Hibben's knives - they look great and are quite useful for doing things knives should do. I've always liked the look of Kit Rae's designs but never actually bought one. Having handled Hibben's production knives personally and a few of his customs I can say that while there is a distinct quality difference I would be hard pressed to write off the production knives as purely wall hangers. Now these particular knives are not to my liking in a knife liking things with more of a purpose in the overall design rather than just looking cool (I prefer Hibben's more utilitarian designs if we're talking about his knives).
Most of these knives are not capable of being disassembled without damaging the knife or fittings. For the suggestion to disassemble the samurai 3000 tanto - can't be done without damaging the tang. I have one (the sword though not the tanto) and I can say that it (the sword) is just an SLO but the tanto I would wager could be a usable knife if one managed to get over the aesthetics (or lack thereof lol).
So in short, while I think the knives are ugly (no offense) I don't believe they're worthless as knives so long as you use them to do what knives are supposed to do. In fact I think at least one of them would do those things quite well if a serviceable edge were put on it.